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With all those "Wake Up With Me" videos crowding your social media feeds, it’s easy to feel like everyone else just hops out of bed in the morning, bright-eyed, glowy, and ready to attack the day. And ...

Sleep inertia is a common symptom of idiopathic hypersomnia (IH). With sleep inertia, you feel very groggy and out of sorts when you wake up. It usually happens after you’ve been asleep for at least ...

Here, sleep pros answer the big question of what is sleep inertia and how you can move past the groggy feeling with six tips. Waking up can be hard, even under the best of circumstances. But sometimes ...

Q: I recently heard on social media about something called sleep inertia. It came up in a conversation about how to get a better night’s sleep. Is this real, or was it invented? I often don’t feel ...

Taking a nap is a roll of the dice; sometimes, you rise refreshed, and other times, you wake more exhausted than before you closed your eyes. There’s a reason for that discrepancy, according to Thomas ...

Using a melodic song you enjoy as an alarm sound can potentially reduce feelings of grogginess upon waking. However, waking suddenly from sleep may have negative effects. Many people use an alarm ...

Sleep inertia occurs when your body is fighting to stay asleep when you want it to wake up. It generally feels like a temporary disorientation and drop in performance or mood after you wake up. Here's ...